she had been a vocal advocate for girls education in a place in the valley in pakistan where that is not necessarily a popular view, certainly by this taliban and she even started a blog. i mean, tell us why is she's such a great symbol? >> well, she's done something remarkable. she's managed to bring together the pakistani community which are basically united over this issue, that children deserve the right to an education. and you know, this is well established in conventional law. and they all say that every child deserves the right to life, deserves the right to an education and unfortunately, the taliban understand how strong of a message this little girl had and that's why they targeted her. >> alisyn: we should also mention that the good news is that she's doing a little bit better today. she is expected to survive and the bad news that the taliban threatened to kill her still. thank you for bringing that to our attention. >> we appreciate it. >> dave: coming up on the show, he says he went to heaven and back during a life saving surgery he had during a child. a divining exper